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Assertion (A) : Cancer cells are virtually immortal until the body in which they reside dies.
Reason (R): Cancer is caused by damage to genes regulating the cell they division cycle.

A

If both Assertion & Reason as true & the Reason is a correct explanation of the assertion.

B

If both Assertion & Reason are True but Reason is not a correct explanation of the Assertion.

C

If Assertion is True but the Reason is False.

D

If both Assertion & Reason are false.

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